Method of making rail-securing clamps.



W. H. MORGAN. METHOD OF MAKING RAIL SECURING CLAMPS.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.14, 1909.

1,009,775, Patented Nov. 28, 1911'.

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W. H. MORGAN. METHOD OF MAKING RAIL SECURING CLAMPS.

APPLICATION FILED 00114, 1909.

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Attorney UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

WILLIAM H. MORGAN, 0F ALLIANCE, OHIO.

METHOD OF MAKING RAIL-SECURING CLAMPS.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. MORGAN, of Alliance, in the county ofStark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Methods of Making Rail-Securing Clamps; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in the method of making railsecuring clamps from old railroad rails, and it consists broadly insevering the head of a rail from the web, or flattening out the head,and beveling the edge of said web or flattened head longitudinally andtransversely, and then bending same toward the base flange, whereby it,and one side of said base flange constitute clamping jaws to receive thebase flange of the rail to be secured, and then longitudinally bevelingthe opposite base flange and bending it downwardly to engage anoverlapping abutment on the tie.

The clamping devices produced by my improved method, are designed foruse in connection with metal ties having recessed seats as disclosed inmy pending application No. 522,288 filed October 12, 1909. The saidapplication discloses a tie having a recessed seat with overhanging endwalls and a centrally located rib having overhanging side walls, and twoclamping plates, each having beveled edges to engage respectively an endwall of the seat and one side of the central rib, and a jaw foroverlapping one side of the base flange of the rail. With thisconstruction the rail rests on the plates, and the latter are held fromvertical and lateral displacement by their beveled edges engaging thecorrespondingly beveled sides of the end walls and ribs.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a tieshowing a rail clamped thereto. Fig. 2 is aview of one of the clamps andFig. 3 is a view of two rails showing the manner of cutting and bendingsame to form the clamps.

In carrying out my improved method I I take a rail 1, preferably a wornor discarded rail and sever the head 2 therefrom or flatten out thehead. After the head has been severed or flattened to form acontinuation of the web, I hammer or otherwise reduce the thickness ofthe web 3, and also bevel its edge 7 both longitudinally andSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 14, 1909.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

Serial N 0. 522,660.

transversely as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. This web 3 is then bent up toform a seat for the lower face of the base flange of the rail 5, thebase flange 4t on the same side of the clamp, forming the upper jaw ofthe clamp. The remaining side 6 of the base flange 1, is then bent downas shown in Fig. 3, and is beveled longitudinally as at 8 so as toconform to and rest under the beveled lip 10 011 the end wall of therecess. The lower edge of side or flange 6 is squared or out off on theplane of the lower side of the web 3, which as before explained whenbent into shape, constitutes the lower jaw of the clamp, so that when inplace they rest on the floor of the recessed seat in the tie and solidlysupport the rail.

Two clamps, one for each side of the rail, are employed for eachrecessed seat, and when in place and locked, form an unyielding supporton which the rail rests. The beveled edges 7 and 8 are parallel, and asexplained engage the overhanging lips of the end walls of the recess andcentrally located rib. The recessed seat is arranged obliquely to thetie hence the clamps move obliquely to the rail, thus forcing the edgeof jaw l which with the side edge 8 constitutes a wedge, solidly againstthe rail 5. These clamps are introduced longitudinally, and are removedin the same manner, hence there is no possibility of the rail tilting,or chance for vertical displacement of the clamps, and by utilizing oldrails I not only reduce the cost of manufacture but secure clamps thatare structurally as strong as the rail.

In most cases the web of the rail will be sufficient to form a clampingjaw, and in such cases the head would be removed, but where the web isnot of sufficient depth to form the clamping jaw the head will beflattened, and thus form a continuation of the web, and so much of theflattened head as may be necessary be used, and the surplus severed.Hence by the term web in the claims I intend to not only include theoriginal web of the rail, but any enlargement thereof produced byflattening the head.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letlongitudinal bevel of the Web, whereby the edge of said Weband the bent edge of the base flange Will be parallel.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two sub- 15 scribing Witnesses.

YVILLIAH H. MORGAN.

Web toward the base flange at one side, and beveling and bending thebase flange at the other side down to engage the tie.

2. The method of making rail securing clamps from old rails consistingin obliterating the head of the rail; beveling the Web longitudinallyand transversely and bending it up toward the base flange and bendlVitnesses: ing the base flange at the other side doWn- VVILBURZIMMERMAN, Wardly and beveling it to conform to the A. W. BRIGHT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington. D. G.

